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Mount Bishop is a prominent mountain standing 3.2 km (2 mi) south of Ahmadjian Peak in the Queen Alexandra Range of Antarctica. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Barry Chapman Bishop (1932-94), United States Air Force (USAF), an observer with the Argentine Antarctic Expedition (1956-57); member of the Staff of the U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer, 1958 and 1959; member of the American party which on May 22, 1962, succeeded in climbing Mount Everest.
- This article is based on a United States Geological Survey gazetteer.
